Project:: Shadow frame #2

A friend of mine got married in July and I decided to make her a special shadow box: I made a fake magazine cover with a photo from her marriage using Photoshop, printed it and then embellished the frame.

 

 All the flowers, leaves etc are from an Inkadinkado clear stamps set that I colored with my copics.

I highlighted a few details with stickles

 

I heat embossed with white embossing powder some metal butterflies I had and added a strip of Flower Soft at the bottom. 

For the background I stamped with the Hero Arts "Old Letter" stamp and distress ink.
The result is really fresh and pretty, just like a new bride!

Project:: Shadow frame

I bought a couple of shadow frames at IKEA, so I used one right away for a photo of my niece (who else???) 

The photo is from Karpenissi, where she rode a horse with her mother, for the first time and he was sooo thrilled!

What I did in order to acieve a 3d look is that I printed the photo twice and then I cut out from the second photo my niece and the head horse and adhered them on the whole photo with 3d foam dots. You can't see it here, but it really made the difference.

Then I adhered the photo on a white cardstock and colored on it so as to "expand" the view and then I added the decorative pieces, they were adhered on 3d dot stacks I made and I also varied the depth.

Here I colored the front piece of a horse drawing and adhered it on the project right next to the back of a real one that was in the photo, so as the horse will look whole. I aslo added some glitter on the mane.

I made the "branches" by stamping with the same stamp on various cardstock and paper pieces, and then accented the flowers with Stickles and...ready!

Project: IKEA altered photo frame

May and June are the birthday months for the majority of my friends (I'm surrounded by a swarm of crazy Gemini, myself included, lucky me!!!). So, I was looking for a gift for a male friend who likes outdoor activities and the nature in general, and I had already printed the BW image and colored it with my copics in order to make a card with it. But, since I couldn't find an appropriate gift and given the fact that my friend likes the arts and crafts as well, I decided to turn the image into a decorative item by incorporating it in a photo frame I had already purchased from IKEA and was patiently waiting for some alteration.

First step, I lightly sanded the wooden frame and then covered it with white gesso. While the gesso was still wet, I added a drop of dark brown Distress ink on my craft mat, took it lightly with a foam brush and added irregular lines on the frame. Then I lightly brushed each side of the frame so as to make the dark ink blend more with the gesso. 

Next step, I adhered with foam squares the colored image on a dark brown cardstock piece that I had already distressed its edges and positioned it on top of a white piece of paper that I had already cut according to the dimensions of the inner frame.

Then I used distress inks with the foam applicator and the idea was to "expand" loosely the "view" outside of the boundaries of the colored image. When the result was ok, I wanted to add a little texture so I covered the lot with Crackle Accents and when it was dry, I accented the cracks a little with Pumice stone. I had once more a "creative accident" that is that I forgot to heat set the distress inks prior to covering the image with the Crackle Accents so the colors diffused a bit, but the result was interresting nevertheless.

When I adhered the image on top of the background and inserted it inside the frame, it made totaly sense as a whole, so I'm very happy with the outcome. The only exception was that my colored image was too bright and I used the Antique Linen distress ink in order to give to it a vintage, weathered look.

I kept the original beige internal photo frame and the glass that was in the frame package and in case my friend gets bored with it, he can remove the image and use the photo frame as a photo frame!LOL!

Photo frame

In this photo frame I used a standard 4x6 photo, so I can change the photo anytime with a new one.
In order to make this photo frame I cut a cardstock paper at 6x8 and drew with a pencil a frame on the cardstock leaving 1 inch on each side.
Then I cut a patterned paper in 8 pieces, the 4 of them at 1x1, the 2 of them at 1x4 and the other two at 1x6 inches. Next step, I covered theese strips with Versamark and heat embossed them 3 times with UTEE. When they were cool, I folded them in random because I wanted to have a crackled result. Next time I'll use Ranger's Crackle Accents because the result is prettier, but with UTEE the process is much much faster. Last step, I adhered the strips on my cardstock mat.
Then I cut a strip of green cardstock with the Fiskars Threading Water border punch and cut them in four pieces, 2 pieces at 1x4 inches and the other 2 at 1x6 inches. I sanded the edges a bit an covered the lot with a Sakura Stardust pen and finally adhered them on the frame.
Then I stamped the butterflies, they are from the Hero Arts Antique Engravings clear stamp set and colored them with my copics and before adhering them with foam pads on the frame I sprinkled them with the water and Perfect Pearls mix for some shine.
Last step, I used DMC pearlescent thread that I colored red with my copics around the frame and for the tiny bow, added the tiny Prima flowers and... ready!

 

Card Making: Flower Frame

This is a funny card for my niece, the fact is that she is the sweetest girl but she hits hard enough (sometimes she even bites!) for her age (26 months).
So I used my nestabillities to cut a frame for her picture, I wrote “you’re a flower…” but the surprise is inside the card, where I continue “that hits like a bear”. In greek flower (louloudi) rimes with little bear (arkoudi), in loose translation.The paper was bought at Lidl, it is really sturdy, perfect for cards and cheap. I used HOTP stitching templates, the little butterfly is Inkadinkado, from the Fairies clear stamps set.
As for the bear, it is a fact: I cannot draw animals!!! So, after a few unsuccessful attempts, I scrap something from white paper, it looks something between Winnie the pooh and Miss Piggy…

Photo Frame 2

I really liked the photo frame so I made a new one, with Hero Arts Four Dolls clear stamps (border, fan and doll, they were all in the set), and it came out really cute! I also used Ranger's distress ink to make the background, it doesn't really show in the picture but the colour is not solid, it actually came out in shades of blue and green. I also used Fiskars squeeze punches for the scalloped circles and distress ink to make the edges darker.
One tip if you want to make one: when you put the magnet on the back, put it on the outside and adhere it, cause if you put it between the photo and the cardstock, it will fall down, the magnet must be as closer to the fridge as possible.

Photo Frame or Fridge Magnet? Both!

I started with a piece of white cardstock 11 x 16 cm (it fits a 10 x 15 photo). On the perimeter I glued various flowers and scalloped green "leaves" (all leftovers from previous projects).

For the big flowers in the corners (which double as photo corners) I used only brads and...pronto!

The photo is not glued, it stays in place with the flowers - "photo corners", so I can change it an a second. The fridge was never so pretty!

For the back, I glued the magnet in place and then covered the whole with white self adhesive matstack.

The possibillities are endless, I'm already thinking about making another with floral swirls...